Animated toy



Nov. 9, 1943. D. c. SHELTON 2,333,637

I ANIMATED TOY Filed July 20, 1942 INVENTOR. Do/vAw 6. 6/151. ro/v A T TORNE Y Patented Nov. 9, 1943' 2,333,687 I ANIMATED 'roY I I fionald Shelton, San Diego, Calif. V

.wril ppfication JulyZO, measmar Nea -x525 4 Claims. (oil is e s) My invention relates tc tcysz more particularly animated toys of the spinning type and the objects of inventiorrare-z First, to provide a toy which is animated that may be operated by a youngster or grownup;

Second, to provide a toy of this class which utilizes as a portion thereof the idea of a spinner caused to operate by a pair of strings secured in spaced relation to each other at the opposite sides of a weight and then whirl the same to cause the strings to wrap together in twisted form, so that by drawing on the ends of the opposed strings, winding and unwinding will be brought about and the momentum will carry over and rewind in the opposite direction;

Third, to provide a toy-of this class which utilizes as a portion thereof the idea of an annular member provided with notches on its inner surface and arranged to ride on the eccentric axle between the weights so that when the axle revolves, this member is caused to jump up and down because of the interrelation between the axle and the notched surface of the member;

Fourth, to provide a toy of this class which utilizes as a portion thereof the idea of a hanging member arranged to ride on the notched surface of the annular member thereby causing said hanging member to jump up and down because of the interrelation between its surface and the notched surface of the annular member;

Fifth, to provide a toy of this class in which various dancing figures may be substituted quickly and easily;'

Sixth, to provide a toy of this class which utilizes as a portion thereof the idea of a multijointed figure arranged to hang from the weight in such a manner as to cause the figure to jump up and down when a rotary motion is applied to the weight; and

Seventh, to provide a toy of this class which is very simple and economical of construction, easy to operate, easy to assemble, efficient in its action and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary diagrammatic side elevational view of my toy showing portions broken. away mam section to facilitate theillusltraztion and Fig- 2a a' sectional view taken :through 2-2 of: Fig. 1

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawing:

The revoluble weight members I and 2, axle 3, eyebolts 4, strings 5, spool members 6, annular notched member 1, hanging support 8, supporting hook 9 and multi-jointed figure Ill constitute the principal parts and portions of my spinning toy.

The revoluble weight consists of two members I and 2 which are secured in space relation to each other, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and connected by an axle member 3, the contact portion of which is preferably square, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawing. This axle 3 is provided with an enlarged end 30. which is secured in the member 2 and the other end is tapered so as to wedge in the member I to provide a friction connection between the members I and 2. Secured to the outer sides of the members I and 2 are eyebolts 4 to the extended ends of which are fastened the strings 5, one on each side and these strings are threaded through spool members 6 to facilitate the holding of the string and preventing the turning of the string at the ends.

Mounted on the axle square portion 3 is an annular member I which is provided with notches la on its inner surface and this is arranged to ride on the axle 8 so that when the axle 3 revolves, this member I jumps up and down and sidewise because of the interrelation between the corners of the axle 3 and the notched surface of the member I. Mounted in this member 1 is a support 8 which extends therethrough and it also engages these notches which cause agitation both laterally and up and down. The member 8 is provided with a supporting hook 9 on which may be supported various objects, the one shown at H] in Fig. 1 being in the form of a doll with many joints. However, various objects may be used for animation.

It is obvious that with this construction there is provided an animated spinning toy that may be operated by a youngster or grownup that there is provided a novel hanging means extending down from said spinning toy and causing the suspended multi-jointed figure to dance up and down and from side to side when a rotary motion is applied to the revoluble Weight.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention thev construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a toy of the class described, the combination of a pair of spaced reciprocably revoluble weight members, an axle provided with eccentric portions frictionally connecting said weight members in spaced relation and an annular member provided with notches mounted on said axle member and adapted to engage the eccentric portions thereof.

2. In a toy of the class described, the combination of a pair of spaced reciprocably revoluble weight members, an axle provided with eccentric portions frictionally connecting said weight members in spaced relation, an annular member provided with notches mounted. on said axle member and adapted to engage the eccentric portions thereof and a loop-like supporting member suspended in said annular member and engageable with said notches for increasing and varying the directional vibration of said loop member.

3. In an animated toy of the class described, the combination of a pair of spaced reciprocable weight members, strings secured to the outer sides of said Weight members in spaced relation, an axle provided with eccentric portions between said weight members and an internally notched annular member suspended on said axle between said weight members and extending below the same.

4. In a toy of the class described, the combination'of a pair of spaced reciprocably revoluble weight members, an axle provided with eccentric portions frictionally connecting said weight members in spaced relation and an annular member mounted on said axle member and adapted to engage the eccentric portions thereof.

DONALD c. SHELTON. 

